White Supremacy and the Second Amendment

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The sanctity of the Second Amendment for all Americans is a myth. It is a myth today and it has been a myth from the beginning.
Gun rights in this country were forged on the idea that white people had the right to take native people's land by the barrel of the gun. They were forged on the idea that black people were living pieces of property that needed to be kept in place by armed slave patrols, militias, and posse justice.
No matter what your position on guns is, the Second Amendment stems from an ideology that is rooted in the belief that white people have the right to control others with their weapons.
Archival footage of the Black Panthers at the California State Capitol Building and being arrested comes from the Center for Sacramento History, KCRA-TV Film Collection: www.centerforsacramentohistory...
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@wartimefuntime 4 года назад

As a black American this is exactly why i own firearms and I'll continue to buy more just because of this

@RawHebrewRemnant 5 лет назад

People of America and other countries with large caucasian populations have always and will always deny/cover up/hide their oppressive and racist tendencies. The downfall of such a civilization is inevitable. The receiving of this truth will in itself give strength, hope and comfort to the victims of their systematic, ling term oppressive culture.

@kloc072386 5 лет назад

Im an avid firearms owner and that kind of stuff is why i dont belong to the NRA. I encourage everyone who can legally own a firearm to exercise that right. A firearm should be a tool of last resort and not a tool of intimidation or fear. It would be great if the courts remembered that we are all equal under the law.

@SThrillz 5 лет назад

Like I say: Your rights are only as good as the number of people willing to die for it.

@omeyehead7436 6 лет назад

The intercept, frontline, there are still journalists in america

@Oxol33 5 лет назад

Philando Castile and the NRA's reaction to his death would support this thesis.

@lastfirst5154 6 лет назад

Wow. I just got smarter. Thanks Scahill.

@MarkoKraguljac 6 лет назад

Beautiful!

@michelleespino9814 5 лет назад

You will not see that on MSNBC

@MalcH 6 лет назад

Excellent work.

@leealexander3507 6 лет назад

Thank you for covering this.

@Fattydeposit 6 лет назад

Finally some damn sense

@calm-tedesco 6 лет назад

These videos are neat! It's so difficult to find good political commentators with insightful analyses. Democracy Now and The Intercept are bastions of good journalism

@yvonneamaral8769 6 лет назад

I just came upon this channel today. ( probably 20 years too late). Excellent, factual, to the point, understandable, and calm commentator. Bravo

@mrbrown8238 6 лет назад

Scahill is amazing.

@Elite-bh6pm 6 лет назад

That damn well deserves a thumbs up and a subscription to your channel.

@juniperman 3 года назад

“ it’s a nasty truth that those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun control laws “ I happen to know this from personal experience. Ronald Reagan

@stephanealegoria7016 5 лет назад

Wahoo! Thanks the intercept!

@julianlicon7962 5 лет назад

Thank u. I’ve been discriminated against all my life Whether it was by my looks or my accent. I’ve been behind the 8 ball all this time and you connected the dots for me. It makes sense niw